Mid-Century Spanish Iron & Fruitwood Chandelier Tole Metal Shades Beads -8 Arm
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-century Spanish iron chandelier with a carved fruitwood core and cascading beads. The tole shades are original, and the fixture would look nice without the shades too. ...
Metal, Iron
Gilt Iron 8 Arm Chandelier
Located in Buchanan, NY
Gilt Iron 8 Arm Chandelier, Lily Motif At Stem
Iron
Sold
H 26 in W 37 in D 37 in
Antique Brass Colonial Williamsburg 8 Arm Candlestick Light Chandelier 35"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Colonial Williamsburg brass eight arm candlestick chandelier featuring traditional styling with serpentine arms and figural flute players / trumpeters. Dimensions: 37" x 37...
Metal
1960s Silver Plate 8-Arm Chandelier
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s silver plate 8-arm chandelier made in Spain.
Silver Plate
Mediterranean Style Iron Chandelier Light Fixture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mediterranean or Spanish style 8-arm iron chandelier with cast metal leaf decoration.
Metal, Iron
8-Arm Gilt Iron Ceiling Fixture
Located in New York, NY
Fully rewired by us. Takes 8 candelabra bulbs.
Iron
French Mid-Century Wrought Iron Chandelier, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original Midcentury chandelier from France, 1950s. Body of solid wrought iron. Diameter 33" - 84 cm. Height fixture 35" - 89 cm.
Metal, Brass, Copper, Wrought Iron
French Brutalist Wrought Iron Chandelier, Hand-Crafted, 1930-1950
Located in Antwerp, BE
French red wrought iron chandelier with crown has six candelabra arms with gilt on each arm. This wonderful chandelier is suspended by original chain. This chandelier would work beau...
Wrought Iron
20th Century Spanish Style Wrought Iron Chandelier 6-Light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Spanish style wrought iron chandelier, circa 1950-1970. Hand-forged iron in a geometric octagonal form with 6 candle lights mounted on disc bobeches. The heavy strap iron ...
Wrought Iron
Large 1940's wrought iron and wood chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and rare large 1940's wrought iron and wood chandelier, the gold color on the pictures is a little brighter then it is, the gold color in person is much nicer, and darke...
Wrought Iron
Spanish Hand-Forged Iron Chandelier, Rustic Style, Six Lights, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This six-light chandelier is a striking example of rustic, hand-forged craftsmanship with a bold, geometric silhouette. Constructed from heavy iron, the piece features a dark, aged p...
Wrought Iron
Italian Wrought Iron Eight Lights Rustic Ceiling Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
Italian Wrought Iron Eight-Light Rustic Ceiling Lamp
Wrought Iron
$321Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.53 in Dm 15.75 in
Italian Chandelier in Wood with Five Lights with Two-Tone Coloring
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian chandelier in wood with five lights with two-tone coloring. The five lights have an E14 type socket and run on 220V. The coloring is very beautiful and elegant. If the vo...
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Wrought Iron and Wood Light Fixture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century Spanish five arm wrought iron and turned wood light fixture. Mediterranean style blending rustic elegance, sun-soaked charm, and organic elements inspired by count...
Wrought Iron
$1,475
H 24 in W 26 in D 26 in
French Art Deco / Mid-Century Modern Hand Wrought Iron Chandelier with 28 Lights
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant French Art Deco / Mid-Century twenty-eight-light chandelier in hand wrought iron reflecting handmade craftsmanship.
Wrought Iron
Elegant 1920's wood/iron/brass chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very nice 1920's wood/iron/brass chandelier, the patina is so much nicer in person,
Brass, Iron
Italian Iron Chandelier with 4 Lights
Located in Buggiano, IT
Italian iron chandelier with 4 lights very strong. Original from 1970. Very beautiful special iron patinated. Comes from an old city villa in the Garfagnana area of Tuscany. As ...
Metal, Iron
French Regency Style Wrought Iron Chandelier Circa 1960s
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This elegant French Regency style wrought iron chandelier, circa 1960s, captures the timeless grandeur of classical European lighting design. Expertly crafted, the chandelier feature...
Metal
Spanish Revival 1940s Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dating from the 1940s, this Spanish Revival-style wrought iron chandelier features ornate scrollwork, decorative foliage, and comes complete with its original ceiling canopy. The pie...
Wrought Iron
Eight Light Red painted Wood and Iron Chandelier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Handsome Italian reddish painted wooden chandelier with eight metal arms. Diameter 53 cm. Height fixture 62 cm. Total height 75 cm. The light requires eight single E14 screw fit li...
Metal
Beautiful 1920's cas iron chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful 1920's cast iron chandelier, the patina is so much nicer in person
Iron
Spanish Colonial 1900s 12-Light Iron Chandelier with Ring and Dark Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish Colonial iron chandelier from the early 20th century, with 12 arms and central ring. Created in the early years of the 20th century, this Spanish Colonial chandelier featur...
Iron
$2,244Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.55 in Dm 18.51 in
Sunburst Flush Mount Light Fixture in Gilt Iron by Ferro Art
By Ferro Art
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching gold leaf gilt iron leafed sunburst flush mount. Manufactured by Ferro-Art. Spain, 1950s-1960s. This ceiling flushmount features an iron structure with a central round p...
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
$2,500 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
$2,800 / set
H 17.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.5 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Smoked Glass Wall Sconces, Italy Contemporary
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style Murano smoked glass wall lights, contemporary Smoked / fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finial and brass accents Art Deco inspired de...
Brass
1960s Hala Zeist Copper and Black Metal Wall Mount Spot Light Sconces
By Hala Zeist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Each sconce mounts to a rectangular black metal wall plate, with a horizontal arm extending outward to support a conical copper shade. A white push-button switch is positioned along ...
Metal, Copper
$7,800 / set
H 32 in W 30 in D 20 in
Dorothy Draper España Style Nightstands Customizable in Any Color, Pair
By Dorothy Draper
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Perfect for standard size bedrooms, smaller entry spaces or offices, these vintage Hollywood Regency Dorothy Draper España style nightstands / dressers are a perfect choice to add so...
Wood
Vintage French Black Iron 10-Arm Chandelier with Shades
Located in Chicago, IL
A mid-20th century French chandelier, wrought in blackened iron with ten sweeping arms that curve outward in perfect symmetry. Each stem lifts an ivory fabric shade, its light soften...
Iron
Pair of Victorian Pierced and Etched Brass Griffin Motif Gates
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pair of Victorian Pierced and Etched Brass Griffin Motif Gates from the late 19th Century, designed as openwork panels with swirls and griffins cut into the metal. Would be great rep...
Brass
$5,458 / set
H 9.45 in Dm 3.35 in
Set of 12 Esagonali Tumblers and Pitcher. Murano Glass Rigadin Fumè, Coral Red
By Paolo Venini, Salviati
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Elegant set of 12 handmade Murano glass with a matching jug in warm amber fume color. Each piece is decorated with the refined rigadin ritorto pattern, a classic Murano design that g...
Murano Glass
$3,995
H 52.5 in W 50.75 in D 26.25 in
Louis XV Style Vanity with Bronze Mirror & Frame Manner Maison Forest
By Maison Forest
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Elevate your interior with this stunning Louis XV style vanity, featuring an ornate bronze-mounted mirror and frame, crafted in the refined manner of Maison Forest, the renowned Pari...
Bronze
On Hold|$6,800
H 19.69 in Dm 17.72 in
Mid-Century Modern, Five-Light Ceiling Lamp, Opaline Glass Shades, Itsu, Finland
By Paavo Tynell, Idman Oy, Itsu
Located in Odense, DK
This beautiful vintage chandelier lamp was made by Itsu, a notable Finnish lighting manufacturer active in the mid-20th century whose work blends functionalist clarity with refined m...
Metal, Brass
$8,750
H 29.14 in W 43.31 in D 19.69 in
Tito Agnoli for Caleido/Poltrona Frau Chest of Drawers in Patchwork Leather
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Tito Agnoli for Caleido/Poltrona Frau, chest of drawers, patchwork cognac leather, stained birch, Italy, 1970s. A striking and rare commode designed by Tito Agnoli for Caleido, a su...
Leather, Birch
$2,462 / set
H 24.41 in Dm 27.96 in
OnElegant Mid-Century Italian Toleware Floral Chandelier with Hand-Painted Roses
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegant Mid-Century Italian Toleware Floral Chandelier with Hand-Painted Roses and 8 Lights An elegant and romantic mid-century Italian tole chandelier featuring beautifully hand-cr...
Metal, Tôle
$1,250 / item
H 37.8 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Post Modern Stool in Solid Wood, Caning Back and Seat, Counter or Bar Height
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
The Aurora collection aka Dawn marks a new exiting moment in our design history, in where we dove deep in to the creativity unknown, to create a collection that would be able to hold...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
$2,293Sale Price|20% Off
H 55.91 in W 33.86 in D 19.3 in
Biedermeier Corner Cabinet, 19th Century, Fully Renovated
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Biedermeier corner cabinet from 19th century. It comes from France most probably. It is made of pine wood, veneered with beautiful pyramidal mahogany. It features two shelves and a d...
Pine
$45,293
H 107.49 in W 194.1 in D 74.81 in
Neo-Gothic Oak Pulpit, Hand-Carved with Monsters, Belgium, 1880
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Pulpit in oak with double flight of stairs richly carved with monsters.
Oak
Italian Tole Palm Tree and Monkey Vintage Chandelier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical Italian tole six light chandelier having a palm tree at the top and elegant arms with leaves at the cups, featuring three seated Moroccan monkeys in the center.
Metal
Chandeliers — simple in form, inspired by candelabras and originally made of wood or iron — first made an appearance in early churches. For those wealthy enough to afford them for their homes in the medieval period, a chandelier's suspended lights likely exuded imminent danger, as lit candles served as the light source for fixtures of the era. Things have thankfully changed since then, and antique chandeliers and pendant lights are popular in many interiors today.
While gas lighting during the late 18th century represented an upgrade for chandeliers — and gas lamps would long inspire Danish architect and pioneering modernist lighting designer Poul Henningsen — it would eventually be replaced with the familiar electric lighting of today.
The key difference between a pendant light and a chandelier is that a pendant incorporates only a single bulb into its design. Don’t mistake this for simplicity, however. An Art Deco–styled homage to Sputnik from Murano glass artisans Giovanni Dalla Fina, with handcrafted decorative elements supported by a chrome frame, is just one stunning example of the elaborate engineering that can be incorporated into every component of a chandelier. (Note: there is more than one lighting fixture that shares its name with the iconic mid-century-era satellite — see Gino Sarfatti’s design too.)
Chandeliers have evolved over time, but their classic elegance has remained unchanged.
Not only will the right chandelier prove impressive in a given room, but it can also offer a certain sense of practicality. These fixtures can easily illuminate an entire space, while their elevated position prevents them from creating glare or straining one’s eyes.
Certain materials, like glass, can complement naturally lit settings without stealing the show. Brass, on the other hand, can introduce an alluring, warm glow. While LEDs have earned a bad reputation for their perceived harsh bluish lights and a loss of brightness over their life span, the right design choices can help harness their lighting potential and create the perfect mood. A careful approach to lighting can transform your room into a peaceful and cozy nook, ideal for napping, reading or working.
For midsize spaces, a wall light or sconce can pull the room together and get the lighting job done. Perforated steel rings underneath five bands of handspun aluminum support a rich diffusion of light within Alvar Aalto's Beehive pendant light, but if you’re looking to brighten a more modest room, perhaps a minimalist solution is what you’re after. The mid-century modern furniture designer Charlotte Perriand devised her CP-1 wall lamps in the 1960s, in which a repositioning of sheet-metal plates can redirect light as needed.
The versatility and variability of these lighting staples mean that, when it comes to finding something like the perfect chandelier, you’ll never be left hanging. From the natural world-inspired designs of the Art Nouveau era to the classic beauty of Paul Ferrante's fixtures, there is a style for every room.
With designs for pendant lights and chandeliers across eras, colors and materials, you’ll never run out of options to explore on 1stDibs — shop a collection today that includes antique Art Deco chandeliers, Stilnovo chandeliers, Baccarat chandeliers and more.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
Working with resin, a tricky material, has created moments of failure — and enlightenment.
Commissioned for the lakeside villa of a Finnish industrialist, it illuminated visits with dignitaries.
Across New York, there’s no shortage of statement lighting on view.
The 1920s design is a thrilling combination of saturated colors, ancient motifs and modern aesthetics.
Designed by a giant of Swedish lighting, the large-scale fixtures bring major drama.
The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
Before founding the Memphis Group, Sottsass bent the rules of lighting design with the wonderfully wavy Cometa.